Gardner wins USAC / CRA feature at Perris

Damion Gardner overcame a heat race flip that bent the frame on his car to win the USAC / CRA Sprint Car Series feature at Perris Auto Speedway. (Scott Sheldon / SprintCarScotty.com)

Perris, CA — (June 13, 2015) — Damion Gardner won the USAC / CRA Amsoil Sprint Car Series feature Saturday night at Perris Auto Speedway. Garner led all 30-lap in route to the victory. Mike Spencer, Austin Williams, Matt Mitchell, and Jake Swanson rounded out the top five.

Dwayne Marcum uses a late race slide job to win his second Senior Sprint Feature over Tafoya McCormick and Wakim Hendrix. George Morris won the Young Gun Main Event.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: June 13, 2015 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.521; 2. Austin Wiliams, 2, Jory-16.558; 3. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-16.640; 4. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-16.717; 5. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-16.723; 6. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-16.746; 7. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-16.755; 8. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-16.795; 9. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.798; 10. Rickie Gaunt, 9, McDonald-16.841; 11. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.916; 12. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-17.189; 13. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-17.376; 14. Tommy Malcolm, 5X, Napier-17.385; 15. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-17.539; 16. Anthony Lopiccolo, 36, Springstead-17.610; 17. Jeremy Ellertson, 98, Ellertson-17.739; 18. Eddie Tafoya, 51, Tafoya-17.874; 19. Mike Collins, 04, Collins-18.113; 20. Tobey Sampson, 12B, Blair-18.627; 21. Parker Colston, 64, Gore-19.239; 22. Jon Kairot, 98J, Ellertson-19.281. 23. Cal Smith, 39, Cal-Sun-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Gaunt, 3. L.Williams, 4. Gansen, 5. Collins, 6. Kairot, 7. C.Williams, 8. Lopiccolo. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. J.Vander Weerd, 2. Roa, 3. Swanson, 4. A.Williams, 5. Malcolm, 6. Ellertson, 7. Sampson, 8. Smith. 2:57.19

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.Vander Weerd, 2. Mitchell, 3. Gardner, 4. Bender, 5. Bezio, 6. Tafoya, 7. Colston. 2:53.91

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Mike Spencer, 3. Austin Williams, 4. Matt Mitchell, 5. Jake Swanson, 6. Richard Vander Weerd, 7. Brody Roa, 8. Rickie Gaunt, 9. A.J. Bender, 10. Cody Williams, 11. Jace Vander Weerd, 12. Logan Williams, 13. Tommy Malcolm, 14. Chris Gansen, 15. Jeremy Ellertson, 16. Jon Kairot, 17. Eddie Tafoya, 18. Mike Collins, 19. Tobey Sampson, 20. David Bezio, 21. Cal Smith, 22. Parker Colston. NT
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**Spencer flipped during the first heat. Smith flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Gardner